17 May, 2020

News in photos: May 17

Newly appointed doctors and nurses check their new workplace, a temporary COVID-19 hospital with 2,000 beds at International Convention City Bashundhara in Dhaka on Sunday.

Newly appointed doctors and nurses check their new workplace, a temporary COVID-19 hospital with 2,000 beds at International Convention City Bashundhara in Dhaka on Sunday.

A temporary COVID-19 hospital with 2,000 beds at International Convention City Bashundhara in Dhaka is awaiting patients after the inauguration on Sunday.

Members of Bangladesh Youth Union demonstrated outside the National Press Club in Dhaka on Sunday demanding financial help from the government for the youths who have lost jobs due to the coronavirus crisis.

Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh paying respects to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman before his mural at Bangabandhu Museum in Dhaka's Dhanmondi on Sunday before taking charge as Dhaka South City Corporation mayor.

A boy taking a bath while another watches on in the abandoned beautification fountain on Manik Miah Avenue in Dhaka in a sizzling summer day. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

A boy taking a bath while another watches on in the abandoned beautification fountain on Manik Miah Avenue in Dhaka in a sizzling summer day. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Health Minister Zahid Malik and Bashundhara Group Managing Director Sayem Sobhan inaugurating a temporary COVID-19 hospital with 2,000 beds at International Convention City Bashundhara in Dhaka on Sunday.

Bashundhara Group Managing Director Sayem Sobhan speaking at the inauguration of a temporary COVID-19 hospital with 2,000 beds at International Convention City Bashundhara in Dhaka on Sunday.